establish

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ Hyphenation: es‧tab‧lish === Verb === establish (third-person singular simple present establishes, present participle establishing, simple past and past participle established) (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm. (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business. (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== stable ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “establish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “establish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.